I played this character Gollum (Smeagol) ua-cam.com/video/DSkvXhPAmDc/v-deo.html I played this character Behind-the-Scenes of The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug ua-cam.com/video/T3Hn7KSuZxk/v-deo.html
I agree they give you so much of an insight into the vast amount of work involved. And just enough content to satisfy the addiction to Tolkein that we all have!
That virtual camera Peter was using is insanely cool. Movie tech always impresses. And can't wait to see Stephen Fry. Guy always impresses no matter what he does
They are using the virtual camera technology developed for Avatar I think. Only I think Avatar had motion capture of the actors jumping over gray cubes and cones on set for jungle scenes.
Yeah I recall them filming Avatar with something similar, but also remember the "set pieces" they used. This is cool because it's just Peter in a big, empty room filming in real-time...so to speak
danomano65 Brett Van Boven They also did a similar thing on Fellowship of the Ring in the Mines of Moria. Less advanced, of course, but the same general idea. Definitely super cool.
These videos seriously make me respect the movie making process 1000x more than I used to, and make me reconsider about the online streaming... Thank you so much for your work everyone :)
4 things I just absolutely LOVED about this video blog: 1) Ping-pong master Martin Freeman 2) "I lost my wedding ring!" 3) Orlando with the most precious laughter EVER
Thumbs up if you think that Peter Jackson is the best ! We thank you so much Peter, for taking care of your public and show us those awesome production diaries ! It's so rare to see an humble dude ! God Bless You Buddy
Peter honest confession: I was very skeptic when I stepped into the theater for the desolation of Smaug as the first part was very low for me on momentum and story line.. I confess today. The desolation of Smaug blew me out of my seat! Awesome is an understatement for this masterpiece!!! Hard of to you and I am definitely going again to the theaters to check it out!!! Take a bow team Peter as you have outdone yourself!!!
These blogs are so wonderful, thanks for uploading these. Very informative. Orlando, I love your laugh very much, and I hope the guy found his wedding ring. You guys are awesome
I'm really, really impressed by how the made Smaug iridescent. I was hoping they'd make him red, like in the animation, but what they did with him is far, far better. Also, the 'lamps' in his eyes came out GREAT. It's not in this video, I think it's in the last production blog or maybe the one before, but long story short. WAY TO GO WETA & HOBBIT TEAM! You're doing a fantastic job *standing ovation*
Dear peter, thank you yet again for letting us experience parts of how the hobbit movies were made! It is absolutely fantastic to follow what you guys are doing and see what a massive project these movies are. Also, for people who are concidering to work with movies, this is a huge help to see what there is to do:) Thank you!
They filmed DoS and TaBA at the same time. Literally the exact same time. Because, initially there were two films. UJ was supposed to end in Mirkwood and TaBA was supposed to completely finish the story. The announcement that there would be three films was midway through production. As of now, every single shot on The Hobbit trilogy has been filmed, save for maybe a handful of pickups.
I would love a vlog about Benedict Cumberbatch's work on Smaug (voicing, mo-cap) :) Can't wait for the movie at all. It's like in the old days when The Lord of the Rings released every holiday. To me the movies were equal to christmas, actually ;)
Why do they put emphasis on both Legolas and Tauriel for this film when the original elf character that was supposed to be in the film was Thranduil? I wish he'd get more recognition :'(
I love watching these. Thanks for keeping us up on how all this is done. It really shows people the massive amount of work that goes into making films, especially those that are this epic in scale.
every of these diarys that shows the incredible preparations to make the Hobbit film shut, is something extraordinary. i can't imagine people organizing all of it. the size of work is beyond of my mind. thank you for creating it, Mr Jackson, and make us enjoy)
Thank you Peter! These video-blogs show that nothing is impossible when in love )) you're definitely in love with your work! Admiration and deepest respect to you! And with all my heart looking forward to the Desolation...
This is definitely one of the best from the entire series so far. It's just insane how intricate these productions are, and it was really cool to get a look into the sound design.
Hello sir! I just finish tonight the whole movie from lord of the ring to the hobbit! I stil couldnt move on! Great movie of all time! Thanks a lot! God bless!
What I love is that I KNOW this movie's going to go above and beyond my expectations-- thanks so much to Peter, the cast and crew for making such a wonderful experience for us!
Thank You for creating this fabulous world of middle earth. The more you see the more you want to get to know middle earth. Well done for all your hard work and can't wait for desolation of smaug x
As an animator in training I find every moment of these blogs amazing and educational, and as a huge fan of the Hobbit, I squee like a fangirl at every single scene.
So, It's not just a guy moving a camera in a fps like game, it's the director (etc), moving the camera in the real world, through a virtual environment. Wow!
That's not the case for all movies. This is a new technology which was developed in 2009 for Avatar and eventually the upcoming movie titled 'WarCraft'.
These videos are so wonderful. Thank you for putting these up. Smaug looks absolutely awesome, even if that wasn't the finished product. Can't wait to see him in the film.
Love your production blogs peter..... this clearly shows the number of people working towards this movie..... Its just one week for the movie and I can't wait for it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE all the extras/behind the scenes/outakes/production diaries that PJ n WETA work hard in making and provide for the public!!! i would enjoy if more movies did this as well,but im bettin there is much to risk in doing so. thankfully, the quality with wich all the tolkien movies have been, and continue to be produced(and getin to see in depth how thats ackomplished) is paramount to getting to see HOW DaVinci created his masterpieces! PJ, Alan lee,John Howe, you're all gods to me! cant wait!!! :D
Dear Sir Peter Jacken, thank you for all diaries and movies! After LoTR i sought it will be hard to do a better film! But you did it with the first Hobbit movie. Now i wait since December 2012 for the next epic movie! Thank you! Thank you!
Been on a Hobbit watch-a-thon for last couple nights (been sick). Love all these blogs. Sadly don't get out to the movies as much anymore, but gonna make it out to see this. Awesome work! :)
I love these production blogs, I love seeing behind the scenes. When I worked on the LOTR Masterpieces sketch cards, I watched the appendices from the extended box sets. Amazing stuff.
Dear Peter Jackson, Please let there be some footage in existence of Benedict Cumberbatch crawling around like a dragon with dots all over him, and that this footage will be released at some point. Sincerely, the CumberCollective
I'm a huge fan of these production diaries.
I wish more films would give us these glimpses.
Same
I wish you would do more movie reviews.
I wish you would remake the Star Wars prequels
just EPIC, imagine how i felt in the early 90-s and wanted to see these, behind the scenes. They where very Limited.
I played this character Gollum (Smeagol)
ua-cam.com/video/DSkvXhPAmDc/v-deo.html
I played this character Behind-the-Scenes of The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug
ua-cam.com/video/T3Hn7KSuZxk/v-deo.html
I laughed so hard when I guy said "i lost my wedding ring".
Just gotta bring back a very large, very golden chalice full of gold coins for the lady at home and she'll forgive you.
Kiwi humour- a joke. A really funny one haha
😂😂😂in there
Oh, dear; that little giggle from Orlando Bloom at 3:35 gets me every time!
These diaries are great!
I really appreciate these videos.. so much fun, so interesting, and so exciting!
I agree they give you so much of an insight into the vast amount of work involved. And just enough content to satisfy the addiction to Tolkein that we all have!
Frodo Baggins There's internet in the undying lands?
We only have Dial-Up though :(
It's something.
Hi
That virtual camera Peter was using is insanely cool. Movie tech always impresses.
And can't wait to see Stephen Fry. Guy always impresses no matter what he does
They are using the virtual camera technology developed for Avatar I think. Only I think Avatar had motion capture of the actors jumping over gray cubes and cones on set for jungle scenes.
Yeah I recall them filming Avatar with something similar, but also remember the "set pieces" they used. This is cool because it's just Peter in a big, empty room filming in real-time...so to speak
danomano65 Brett Van Boven They also did a similar thing on Fellowship of the Ring in the Mines of Moria. Less advanced, of course, but the same general idea. Definitely super cool.
Been so long since I watched the tens of hours of Bonus Features on my Fellowship of the Ring DVD, but very cool to know. Thanks!
These videos seriously make me respect the movie making process 1000x more than I used to, and make me reconsider about the online streaming... Thank you so much for your work everyone :)
4 things I just absolutely LOVED about this video blog:
1) Ping-pong master Martin Freeman
2) "I lost my wedding ring!"
3) Orlando with the most precious laughter EVER
Peter Jackson! You and your crew are awesome!
Thumbs up if you think that Peter Jackson is the best !
We thank you so much Peter, for taking care of your public and show us those awesome production diaries ! It's so rare to see an humble dude !
God Bless You Buddy
I love him too.❤️🔥👍🏼
Peter honest confession: I was very skeptic when I stepped into the theater for the desolation of Smaug as the first part was very low for me on momentum and story line.. I confess today. The desolation of Smaug blew me out of my seat! Awesome is an understatement for this masterpiece!!! Hard of to you and I am definitely going again to the theaters to check it out!!! Take a bow team Peter as you have outdone yourself!!!
my thoughts exactly
Peter Jackson just does not belive in socks.
Good... Good.
he is part hobbit, that's proven :D
or shoes
These blogs are so wonderful, thanks for uploading these. Very informative.
Orlando, I love your laugh very much, and I hope the guy found his wedding ring. You guys are awesome
Can't wait to see the Orchestra in the next blog!
I'm really, really impressed by how the made Smaug iridescent. I was hoping they'd make him red, like in the animation, but what they did with him is far, far better. Also, the 'lamps' in his eyes came out GREAT. It's not in this video, I think it's in the last production blog or maybe the one before, but long story short. WAY TO GO WETA & HOBBIT TEAM! You're doing a fantastic job *standing ovation*
very exciting; I particularly like the material on sound and music.
GADS! That's Stephen Fry!!!! I love that man!!
Dear peter, thank you yet again for letting us experience parts of how the hobbit movies were made! It is absolutely fantastic to follow what you guys are doing and see what a massive project these movies are. Also, for people who are concidering to work with movies, this is a huge help to see what there is to do:)
Thank you!
A bunch of the actors: What am I gonna do now? I'll have to find a new job!
Me: (coughs) there and back again!
I hope you realized that they film a lot of desolation of smaug and there and back again al at once
They filmed DoS and TaBA at the same time. Literally the exact same time. Because, initially there were two films. UJ was supposed to end in Mirkwood and TaBA was supposed to completely finish the story. The announcement that there would be three films was midway through production. As of now, every single shot on The Hobbit trilogy has been filmed, save for maybe a handful of pickups.
TheManMostMysterious well, yeah, I knew that, I just thought that TaBa was still a few weeks behind.
3:33 oh my, "I saw you shaking that ass
Orlando: hahahaha"
So many talented people making such a great movies that I had watched more than ten times.
These production diaries make me feel even closer and more attached to the movies. I gratuitously appreciate it. Thank you so much P. Jackson!
I would love a vlog about Benedict Cumberbatch's work on Smaug (voicing, mo-cap) :) Can't wait for the movie at all. It's like in the old days when The Lord of the Rings released every holiday. To me the movies were equal to christmas, actually ;)
Gothic,"purse",true there was some writing "the Dragon casting ahh." go ahead: forearm "wallet no repeats" Bulie and Dad reads. "wrap it up man"
I love the Benedict Cumberbatch cameo! Peter probably had to convince him to stop talking with Martin Freeman about Sherlock....(maybe not.)
I like very much these blogs,thank you very much.
Why do they put emphasis on both Legolas and Tauriel for this film when the original elf character that was supposed to be in the film was Thranduil? I wish he'd get more recognition :'(
Yeah Legolas action! I just looove Orlando's giggle! :)
OMG!!! SMAUG!! OMG! he looks so perfekt! So i cant find words for THIS epic Dragen!
Oh my goodness! Just as awesome as all the others!
I love watching these. Thanks for keeping us up on how all this is done. It really shows people the massive amount of work that goes into making films, especially those that are this epic in scale.
8:10 Smaug looks amazing. A lot of finishing has been made since the first trailer obviously.
OMG Smaug loos so...so AMAZING!! man 6 days left! I so can't wait anymore *_*. Thank for making this awesome Movies Peter :D.
he makes them but dose noe get profit from them :( because it's all american money and stuff
Roadsization yeah... so if you think peter doesn't make any money out of these movies... you're dead wrong m8
I hate how a lot of people on the internet say that these movies are bad. I think they are wrong and I love these movies.
every of these diarys that shows the incredible preparations to make the Hobbit film shut, is something extraordinary. i can't imagine people organizing all of it. the size of work is beyond of my mind. thank you for creating it, Mr Jackson, and make us enjoy)
I didn't know Stephen Fry is in this one. So excited!
I hope Steven keeps the mayor-portrait over his fireplace or something :D
I LOVE these behind the scenes vlogs!
Really awesome. I love these production diaries. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is amazing. I absolutley loved it!!! Great work Peter Jackson!!
wow this is so awesome... everything that goes behind this
An absolute joy to watch. Thank you for making these!
Saw the film tonight. It was so awesome! Well done, Peter and crew! :)
Thank you Peter! These video-blogs show that nothing is impossible when in love )) you're definitely in love with your work! Admiration and deepest respect to you!
And with all my heart looking forward to the Desolation...
OK, the next big table tennis match is set: Martin Freeman VS Tom Hiddleston. Who will win?
a video recording camera that records in a virtual world made inside 3d software,now that is an impressive piece of hardware
OMG, That last shot of Smaug!!! Oh wow, I can't WAIT!!!
can`t wait best movie of the year thank you Peter Jackson for LOTR and The Hobbit best movis ever
Rewatching this hits different
This is definitely one of the best from the entire series so far. It's just insane how intricate these productions are, and it was really cool to get a look into the sound design.
I really enjoy the production diaries. Can't wait till the final one!
This is very very inspiring for all us! A Dream very high is a first way for when you want something. Thank you Peter,Thank you for dreaming for us.
These really make you appreciate the movie and all the work that goes into it. I cannot wait to see this movie!
Hello sir! I just finish tonight the whole movie from lord of the ring to the hobbit! I stil couldnt move on! Great movie of all time! Thanks a lot! God bless!
Can we just appreciate how in character the dwarves are while out of character XD
i always anticipate every production diary of this film, it brings so much excitement
What I love is that I KNOW this movie's going to go above and beyond my expectations-- thanks so much to Peter, the cast and crew for making such a wonderful experience for us!
Thank You for creating this fabulous world of middle earth. The more you see the more you want to get to know middle earth. Well done for all your hard work and can't wait for desolation of smaug x
Can't wait for the orchestral reveal!!
Really appreciate these bts, especially on such an awesome video. Love The Hobbit!
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS FILM! From the looks of these production diaries, it looks absolutely amazing!!
Smaug looks and sounds amazing!
As an animator in training I find every moment of these blogs amazing and educational, and as a huge fan of the Hobbit, I squee like a fangirl at every single scene.
I love these movies You're amazing Peter Jackson
So, It's not just a guy moving a camera in a fps like game, it's the director (etc), moving the camera in the real world, through a virtual environment. Wow!
That's not the case for all movies. This is a new technology which was developed in 2009 for Avatar and eventually the upcoming movie titled 'WarCraft'.
***** Jackson used this same technique while he was filming Lord of the rings
evilchimotoki
Yep, thought the technology is always improving...
I wished the weather would be nicer today in Berlin...but the welcome will be even warmer, no doubt! Thank you for coming!!
Thank you so much for these production diaries, it's amazing to see all the work that you put into these films.
As ever I'm always fascinated by the features on sound design and scoring. These videos are so cool!
I freaking love and thankful for these videos. Every day I look to see if one has been added! I can't wait for more
These videos are so wonderful. Thank you for putting these up. Smaug looks absolutely awesome, even if that wasn't the finished product. Can't wait to see him in the film.
It's always a pleasure watching these!
Nothing makes me happier than seeing another hobbit production diary!
Love your production blogs peter..... this clearly shows the number of people working towards this movie..... Its just one week for the movie and I can't wait for it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE all the extras/behind the scenes/outakes/production diaries that PJ n WETA work hard in making and provide for the public!!! i would enjoy if more movies did this as well,but im bettin there is much to risk in doing so. thankfully, the quality with wich all the tolkien movies have been, and continue to be produced(and getin to see in depth how thats ackomplished) is paramount to getting to see HOW DaVinci created his masterpieces! PJ, Alan lee,John Howe, you're all gods to me! cant wait!!! :D
Omg I've been waiting for this! You can learn so much about movie making and the time and effort they put to create this most awesomest movie ever.
I love all of these production diaries
My heart stopped when I saw Smaug.. Can't wait to see it!!!! and can't wait to see another blog!
I really appreciate and enjoyed watching every piece of your movie shoot really talented people
Dear Sir Peter Jacken,
thank you for all diaries and movies!
After LoTR i sought it will be hard to do a better film!
But you did it with the first Hobbit movie. Now i wait since December 2012 for the next epic movie!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Been on a Hobbit watch-a-thon for last couple nights (been sick). Love all these blogs. Sadly don't get out to the movies as much anymore, but gonna make it out to see this. Awesome work! :)
Sorry you're not well. I have chronic illnesses & can relate at least a bit. Glad you'll be able to see this in the cinema.
Absolutely amazing! Your crew and yourself are doing an amazing job! I can't wait to see the film!!!!
The movie was awesome Peter, thank you! Even as a fan of the books I really liked all the changes and new characters. Great movie
Smaug is sooo well made :)
This is great. I love these production diaries. Awesome work.
I love how grand the production value is on this movie, where every expense seems to be paid, on the computers or with props. Can't wait.
I love these production blogs, I love seeing behind the scenes. When I worked on the LOTR Masterpieces sketch cards, I watched the appendices from the extended box sets. Amazing stuff.
Thankyou Peter for doing this films
I absolutely love them ;))
The amount of work that goes into making this movie is exceptional !!!
Yo Peter, bring these back for the new films 🙏
Mr. Jackson, you do serious justice to Tolkien's work!
Wow! The way they filmed those virtual scenes, using the motion capture room and an Augmented Reality camera! That's so cool! :D
I've been waiting for this production diary part 13!!
So great movie!!! .... I saw you Peter! ;) ( from Czech premiere )
Yeah with a carrot in his hand :D
Man this is the coolest thing too watch, its amazing what these guys do and the passion they have for their jobs! :)
love the production diaries!!! Looking forward to the movie!!!
Dear Peter Jackson,
Please let there be some footage in existence of Benedict Cumberbatch crawling around like a dragon with dots all over him, and that this footage will be released at some point.
Sincerely, the CumberCollective
RIP the guy who lost his wedding ring.
Love the Production diaries!!!
I love the guy at 7:42 who looks like he's just thinking, omfg Peter. Ahaha. XD
4:08 I want that painting.
Thank you for sharing the diary!!!
Your movie will be the best Christmas present EVER!!
The Desolation of smaug is incredible ! Thank you Peter !
AWESOMESAUCE!!!